Service Tax not payable on Agency Commission Paid by RBI to Banks

Canara Bank Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax (LTU) (CESTAT Bangalore) FULL TEXT OF THE CESTAT JUDGMENT M/s. Canara Bank, the appellant, is a banking company and a body corporate, conducting their operations in India. It was alleged by the Department that the appellants were acting as the agents for the Reserve Bank of India and were receiving agency commission at the rates notified by RBI, on per transaction basis, in respect of receipts or payments made, on behalf of the Government of India. It was alleged that the services provided by the appellant to the RBI amounted to p...